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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

Trump Bought Nvidia Stock One Week Before His Own Government Approved a Billion-Dollar Nvidia Chip Deal With China

Federal ethics records show that Donald Trump's accounts purchased Nvidia stock on two separate occasions shortly before his own administration made regulatory decisions that sent the chipmaker's shares soaring.

A 113-page OGE Form 278-T disclosure, filed with the US Office of Government Ethics and certified by Trump on 8 May 2026, logged 3,642 individual securities transactions executed between January and March 2026, with a cumulative value ranging from at least £165 million to £564 million ($220 million to $750 million).

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